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KIWA-AM 1550 | KIWA-FM 105.3Tue, 03 Mar 2015 17:52:02 +0000hourly1http://wordpress.org/?v=4.1.1By: Dadhttp://kiwaradio.com/two-cents/greed/#comment-77683
Mon, 07 Apr 2014 14:58:58 +0000http://kiwaradio.com/?p=57890#comment-77683Remember that you don’t know what is going on behind the scenes. My family received limited assistance for a short time. We have an iPad that was a gift without our say from grandparents. My kids wear mostly name brand clothing. Again, much of it comes from grandparents and the rest is purchased second hand.
I have a sibling that receives government disability while her spouse works full time. They built a brand new house a few years ago, paid for entirely by his parents.
Things aren’t always what they seem.
]]>By: bonkershttp://kiwaradio.com/two-cents/greed/#comment-77506
Tue, 01 Apr 2014 20:46:53 +0000http://kiwaradio.com/?p=57890#comment-77506No Matter How you want to legislate poverty,one thing,there is Always going to be at the least 10% of everything imaginable among People.
When you live in a Community that Actually Has Millionaires Who Own Slaves, that work in there Factory’s in China.People Arrested for no other Reason than to Work in these Factory’s.Kept in Bamboo Cages and Fed A Bowl of Rice A Day.Sound unbelievably insane,Welcome to the Planet Earth.
Then when these Slaves can No longer perform there duty’s they Are Shot,more like executed,and replaced with another person being Arrested to Work in Said Slaves place.
So what that American Children are fed off the Government.The Greed and all seven Deadly Sins Happen everyday 24/7/.You may say i watch the news and never heard anything so ridiculous in my Life,Well as a Human ,you Run From the truth.The news is Truly More Horrific than Hell,and we only hear what is relevant for the Herd to hear.
Does anyone stand back and say,What kind of person am i anyway.
“Going to Church makes you no more a Good person than Standing in a Garage makes you a Car”
John Wayne.
]]>By: dsahttp://kiwaradio.com/two-cents/greed/#comment-77471
Tue, 01 Apr 2014 11:10:47 +0000http://kiwaradio.com/?p=57890#comment-77471Start where you have the most influence, Yourself.
]]>By: Jonhttp://kiwaradio.com/two-cents/greed/#comment-77455
Mon, 31 Mar 2014 23:18:18 +0000http://kiwaradio.com/?p=57890#comment-77455I would be careful in rendering judgement too harshly. You don’t know their situation. Many people only have cell phones and no land line telephone, for example, and smart phones are currently the freebie phones given out by most cell phone companies. Also, while there is always a need to evaluate our safety net programs to discourage dependency and abuse, there is also a need for the programs to exist.

So much of the judgmental attitude that emerges here is rooted in jealousy and envy. You might see someone have food stamps or qualify for reduced lunches and have a cell phone and wonder what’s going on. You think it’s not fair. Maybe it’s not, but what I will tell you is that qualifications for these programs is based on income, and we still have a certain degree of freedom on how we spend our money. We can surely educate people on what is a good use of resources and what are necessities, and perhaps some of this education can and should be mandated for those who are taking advantage of our safety nets, but I’m sorry, we cannot be in the business of dictating what people spend their money on, even if they have subsidized lunches and government handouts any more than I have the freedom to tell you to buy a used car instead of a new one or that you don’t need the $300,000 four bedroom home for two people when there’s a perfectly good one for $100,000 that is smaller and would meet your needs.

It is not a productive use of our time to enter a meaningful discussion with an attitude of judgment, jealousy, and latent hatred rather than approaching people out of an attitude of love and understanding. My response to the necessity for these government programs is that if we are getting this jealous and spiteful attitude towards our neighbors because of the use of subsidies, how in the world can I expect you to exhibit generosity and neighborliness when someone demonstrates a need?

Both those who take advantage of programs out of a sense of entitlement without seeking work or ways improve their situation AND those who make a habit out of being angry, jealous, and judgmental are part of the problem, and not part of the solution. We do need reform, and I do agree that we have some terrible people in this world.

]]>By: Jonhttp://kiwaradio.com/two-cents/greed/#comment-77454
Mon, 31 Mar 2014 23:10:26 +0000http://kiwaradio.com/?p=57890#comment-77454As a society, we have major problems from a number of perspectives. We have on the one hand a society that values consumerism and materialism, where families feel pressure to have cell phones, tablets, laptops, cars, houses and all manner of things. We expect a certain level of affluence. We also have a certain amount of an entitlement mentality that looks for handouts, and its true, some people do take advantage of the system and accept those subsidies for which they qualify for as long as they can take it.

One of the places that is in dire need of reform is the way benefits are calculated. Aside from all these anecdotal “she’s on food stamps and has a tablet or they have reduced lunches but a nice car” kinds of spiteful judgments, there are real problems that make people dependent on the system. For example, the way the system is designed, people can qualify for all kinds of child care benefits if they are unemployed and on welfare, but those benefits are taken away if they are working. So, if a person gets a job at minimum wage and works enough hours, they will no longer qualify for the child care credit, but they have a GREATER need for child care if they are working. As a result, it actually is not in their financial best interests to work. It would be much better if there were an INCENTIVE to work, so that benefits like a child care credit might go to people who are working, not to those who are not. Then, you’d have an incentive to work because you would not get child care without a job. Now, that wouldn’t eliminate this particular person from needing a hand out (try sending your kid to daycare on minimum wage, though), but what it would do is get them into a job that might lead to advancement and a career or help them qualify for better jobs once they prove that they are dependable and employable people.

]]>By: bonkershttp://kiwaradio.com/two-cents/greed/#comment-77443
Mon, 31 Mar 2014 14:13:43 +0000http://kiwaradio.com/?p=57890#comment-77443That just Proves,a persons parents can bring a soul to the earth,but nobody say’s,they have to love there children,Some parents are just Cruel.
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